BlocklistManager has options to update lists used by other blocking programs. It would be very cool to add SpywareBlaster to that list of programs.

Currently SpywareBlaster has a little over 3,000 blocked sites in it's database. I currently have 2.5 BILLION blocked sites in my Protowall list--and that is not even using all the lists available in BlocklistManger.

The nice thing about Protowall is it:
(1) blocks all the sites in it's database when it is loaded. It is not program specific so it blocks the "bad" sites when using any software that connects to the interenet--P2P, browser, game, etc.,
(2) takes up little memory and few reources. It works at the driver level, and
(3) does not seem to slow the computer down at all.

Currently SpywareBlaster has a little over 3,000 blocked sites in it's database.

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Hi,

That number is approximately the total number of items that SpywareBlaster protects against through its multiple protection methods. Restricted Sites protection is only one of them - spyware, adware, dialer, etc. ActiveX blocking and cookie blocking are other very important layers.

Also no part of SpywareBlaster has to remain running in the background and, thus, it takes up no resources or CPU time.

Not to long ago I read about ProtoWall, what interests me is it is driver-base unlike its brother PeerGuardian, momentarily anyways. Therefore it works at system-level which actually gives ProtoWall an advantage over PeerGuardian, the processing is incredibly faster yet uses very little CPU and memory in the process, and even under a large number of downloads/uploads. Though I could only speculate at the moment, but it seems to me it would have small impact on connections timing while it “filters each packet, extracts the IP header and then compares the address with the ones in the table, then either discards or permits the packet to pass”, and as the block list grows larger the delay for connections will be.

ProtoWall is a great additional layer, and I’d recommend anyone who surfs a lot and uses p2p software to use it, and of course it beats trying to force the Software Firewall to process an average block-list. However, it is no substitute for Javacool SpywareBlaster product, though very nice additional layer of security for ones system…